Pirates of the Navy Thunder God

Chapter 478: Past Events in the Tomb (13)

Half an hour later.

"In other words, the hot spring river outside is the legendary River Styx?"

Ron looked surprised.

After half an hour of questioning, he finally got some very interesting information from these oil monsters.

These monsters were not outsiders. They were the workers who had been in charge of building the mausoleum. They were also the owners of the tomb, vassals of a down-and-out noble family from the West Sea, and part-time pirates.

300 years ago, a noble pirate captain died of a serious illness. According to his last wishes, they built a mausoleum on the spot and buried him.

As diehard fans of the tomb owner, at the end of the construction, they sealed the stone door and decided to leave it for the captain to be buried with him.

This loyalty is touching.

however!
They didn't die.

When the mausoleum was being built, the river under the cliff was not the bubbling hot spring river it is today, but an ordinary underground river, from which the construction team usually obtained their drinking water.

After drinking the river water, they behaved just like in the story, with no abnormalities for a short period of time. After the first person mutated, the stone gate was blocked, and they could not escape even if they wanted to.

Originally there were nearly a hundred people in the team, but in the end only the thirteen who mutated first... oh, now nine of them survived.

They have been trapped in the mausoleum for three hundred years. When they found that they could neither die nor get out, they went from despair to disappointment and finally to numbness.

But they always kept their mission in mind, to protect their master's tomb.

It sounds like a touching story, but Ron doesn't sympathize with them.

It was impossible that the construction team of nearly a hundred people were all pirates.

Most of them must be real workers who were lured with gold and forced to be buried with them.

Pirates are pirates after all!

Of course, Ron didn't care about this. What he cared about most was the river outside...

and many more!

"Did all of you come in to be buried with him? Did anyone escape?"

"This one……"

The man who spoke first looked at his companion, nodded, and said through gritted teeth: "Yes!"

"The deputy captain, who is also the captain's brother, wanted to start a new business with the captain's treasure, but we stopped him... A group of traitors who had the same idea as him took the opportunity to escape, and we didn't catch up with them."

"I see! The owner of the treasure map has been found..."

Ron bit his cigar and grinned.

Since ancient times, money has moved people's hearts!
After all, loyal people are a minority. It is a miracle that no one is tempted by such a huge wealth.

Especially relatives, they will naturally think that they have the right to take over their relatives' inheritance.

Smiling, Ron continued.

"Then did your deputy captain and the traitor drink water from the Styx like you?"

"That's right!"

The man said bitterly: "So we are very unwilling. Since we are all alive, he must be alive too!"

"Sir! Please let us go, we want to avenge him!"

Although it is also betrayal, the rules on the sea are different from those in a coup d'état in a kingdom.

Once out to sea, there is no way up to the sky and no way down to the earth. Everyone's life is tied to a ship, so there is no room for betrayal.

For traitors, the rules at sea are more cruel and the will is stronger.

"No, there's no need for that. I think he's dead."

Ron said calmly. Under the blank gaze of the other party, he turned to the temporary captain and said, "Go and see if Rebeck is beaten to death. If he is not killed, bring him in... If he is killed, bring him in too."

"Yes!"

The temporary captain was confused, scratched the back of his head, and strode outside.

"So……"

Watching him walk away, Ron picked up a seastone embroidery needle on the ground. As the workers looked at God for the Nth time, he calmly asked, "Tell me about the origin of this thing. Is it a specialty of your country?"

Is there any country in the West Sea that can process seastone to this level?

That needs to be investigated carefully.

"This……"

The monsters looked at each other and finally shook their heads: "Sorry, sir, we really don't know about this."

"Oh?" Swish!
The Thunder Dragon Fang Tian Ji made a hissing sound as it tore through the air, like a loud thunder explosion, and stopped beside the ear of the person who spoke.

"I'll give you a chance to reorganize your words, pirate!"

After the temporary captain shouted out the words "Lieutenant General Cang Long", everyone knew the identities of both parties. Ron was reminding them that his patience was running out.

"Sir, we really don't know the origin of this thing."

Another pirate in front of him said sadly: "The reason why the captain went out to sea as a pirate was because the king was also trying to understand their origins... The captain refused to obey until his death, so he was accused of treason and was wanted."

"We only know that the captain came to the Grand Line once when he was young, and brought back these seastone products. This time, he went out to sea to seek help from the group of people who gave him these seastones."

Hearing this, Ron frowned.

Although he was not an expert in interrogation, he could tell that these people were not lying.

When people lie, they will reveal many small actions, and they will never be as righteous, confident, and angry as they are now.

"Is the clue broken?"

"Forget it, what matters is not what happened, but what I got."

With this in mind, Ron played with the seastone embroidery needle in his hand and waved, "You guys, pack these things up."

After saying that, a ball of gold began to wriggle, forming a small box that was twenty centimeters square.

At this time, Rebeck, whose limbs were strangely bent after being beaten, was carried in and thrown on the ground. He stared at the mountains of gold in the cave in amazement and tried his best to raise his head.

"The legend of our ancestors is indeed true!"

"Yes, these are the treasures from the Styx that you have been looking for in seclusion for ten years!"

Ron stood up, biting a cigar, and began to activate the power of the fruit, controlling the golden dome to melt into gold bricks again.

Looking at the two parties who remained silent after meeting, the corners of his mouth curled up.

"Aren't you curious about why I'm sure the vice captain is dead?"

"He should be able to give you the answer."

……

Underground world, cliff canyon.

The excavation team leader climbed up breathlessly and lay on the ground, gasping for breath: "I have accomplished my mission, sir!"

The captain propped himself up and used his sore arms to grope out a rusty iron plate from his arms. "There was indeed a mechanism here before, used to draw water from the river below. Judging from the age of the cross section, it was deliberately destroyed not long ago."

"and this……"

The captain unbuttoned his pocket and took out a wet notebook.

It was a summary of the doctrines of the faith of the Lord of the Styx, a complete cult of shoe worship. Ron just glanced at it and lost interest.

"Rebeck Road is getting narrow!"

The old scholar is 86 years old this year. When he was 75, a serious illness almost took his life.

There is great terror at the moment of life and death.

Rebeck survived and became a changed man.

Because his ancestor really came into contact with the River Styx and turned into a monster, at the end of his life, Rebeck, who was afraid of death, wanted to find the River Styx to prolong his life. According to the legend of his ancestors, he came to Alabasta and stayed there for ten years.

However, the desert terrain is unpredictable. Three hundred years have passed, and without a detailed map, it is impossible to find the Styx based on just a few words.

The increasingly desperate Rebeck changed in his breakdown, went astray, and began to believe in the Lord of the Styx, hoping to get a response.

At this moment, the familiar relief on the stone door of the tomb gave him the opportunity to make his dream come true.

What to say?

Maybe it's human nature?

After turning into a monster and confirming that the River Styx really existed, Rebeck remembered the legend of the treasure left by the noble pirates, and killed people to silence them in order to keep it for himself.

But he offended the wrong person.

At this point everything is in vain and the soul is gone.

"Well, it's none of my business!"

Ron stood on the edge of the cliff, staring down at the dark bottom of the canyon.

"Styx, let me see what you are?!"

Happy Lantern Festival to everyone! Have you called your family if you are away from home? I did, so I am justified.jpg's update is late [I'm late].

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